Crayon-holder



P. M. BIONDO. CRAYON HOLDER. APPLlcATIoN FILED APR. 3,' |920.

1,377,182. Patented May 10,1921.

A w/.mfssfsf Arron/vers ff iii-'rs stars PHILIP ivr. BIoNno, or BROOKLYN, NEW Yoan, ies-SIGNOR or' AoNE-'rninn To JOSE ivrnssrNA AND ONE-THIRD 'ro CHARLES ciRAvoLA, BOTH or BROOKLYN, NEW

YORK.

CRAYON-I-IOLDER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

` Application filed April 3, 1920. Serial No. 371,038.

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, Pninir M. BioNDo, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State .of New York, have invented a new and Improved Crayon-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved crayon or chalk holder more especially designed for use in schools and other places and arranged to securely hold a crayon or piece of chalk in place while writing or drawing lines on the blackboard or other surface, and to permit of readily adjusting the crayon or chalk holder,

Another object is to provide a crayon holder which is very simple and durable in construction and cheap to manufacture.l

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel -features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters oif reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the crayon or chalk holder with a crayon in position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Y

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank for forming the crayon holder.

The crayon 10 is adapted to be clamped between twosegmental jaws 11 and 12 provided with integral upwardly extending flanges 13 and 141 integrally connected with each other at the top at 15 to allow the aws 11 and 12 to move toward and from each other for clamping or releasingv the crayon 10. The jaws 11 and 12 are provided with integral downwardly extending ingerpieces 16 and 17 flaring outwardly and adapted to be taken hold of by the thumb and lforefinger of one hand of the user to press the fingerpieces and consequently the jaws 11 and 12 toward each other with a view to securely clamp the crayon 10 in vplace between the jaws 11 and 12. The jaws 11 and 12 are provided with integral and rearwardly extending socket members 20 and 21 terminating at their rear ends in inner and outer bottom members 22, 23 bent inwardly and overlying one the other to form a bottom for the socket members 20 and 21, thus limiting the rearward sliding movement of the crayon 10 in the holder. The bottom members 22 and 23 are fastened in place by a bottom plate 25 overlying the outer bottom member 23 and having lugs 26 and 27 bent over the inner bottom piece 22.

lt will be noticed that by the arranoement described the main portion of t e crayon holder is made from a single piece of sheet metal or similar sheet material and hence the crayon holder can be manufac- V tured very cheaply. f

It will also be noticed that the crayon is readily held between the jaws and in the scicket members 2O and 21, and the crayon can be readily adjusted lengthwise in the holder and` securely clamped in place after it is adjusted on the user taking hold of the fingerpieces 16 and 17 and pressing the same together. It is understood that the iingerpieces 16 and 17 permit of convenoutwardly flaring ingerpieces adapted to be taken hold of by the user to press the jaws together and thereby clamp the crayon in place between the jaws.

2. A crayon holder, comprising a pair of jaws adapted to clamp a crayon between them, the jaws having integral sidewise extending socket members terminating at Viently and correctly holding the crayon holder with the thumb and foreinger toV their ends in inwardly extending outer and inner bottom members overlying one the other, a bottom plate overlying the outer bottom member and having lugs bent onto 5 the inner bottom member, the jaws having integral upwardly extending Connecting flangesv integrally connected with each other at the top, the said jaws having integral downwardly extending and outwardly Haring ingerpieces adapted vtot be taken hold of by the user for pressing the jaws toward each other to clamp the crayon in place. y

PHILIP M. BIONDO. 

